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<TITLE>Magic-7.3 Command Reference</TITLE>
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<H2>dump</H2>
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Copy contents of the indicated cell into the current edit cell.
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<H3>Usage:</H3>
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      <B>dump</B> <I>cell</I> [<B>child</B> <I>child_refpoint</I>]
		 [<B>parent</B> <I>parent_refpoint</I>]
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         where <I>cell</I> is the name of the cell whose contents are to
	 be copied, and optional <I>child_refpoint</I> and
	 <I>parent_refpoint</I> are coordinate pairs of <I>x y</I> values,
	 or keywords <B>ll</B>, <B>lr</B>, <B>ul</B>, or <B>ur</B>.  The
	 syntax and use of the reference points is the same as for the
	 <B>getcell</B> command.
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<H3>Summary:</H3>
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      The <B>dump</B> command copies contents of the indicated cell
      <I>cell</I> into the current edit cell.  Without arguments,
      the contents are placed such that the lower left coordinate
      of <I>cell</I> is at the cursor box lower left corner.  With
      the <B>child</B> argument, the indicated coordinate position
      <I>child_refpoint</I> is used instead of the lower-left corner.
      With the <B>parent</B> argument, the indicated coordinate
      position <I>parent_refpoint</I> is used instead of the lower-left
      corner of the cursor box.
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<H3>Implementation Notes:</H3>
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      <B>dump</B> is implemented as a built-in command in <B>magic</B>.
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<H3>See Also:</H3>
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      <A HREF=getcell.html><B>getcell</B></A>
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<P><I>Last updated:</I> October 6, 2004 at 2:53am <P>
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